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Jerimiah Johnson on now on American Movie Classics on cable, this is one of the greatest survival, W&SS kinda of movie, it's on 8:00 pm EST enjoy.
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Great Survival Movie, Jerimiah Johnson
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Own it. Great movie. I love when Chris brings him the grizzly into the cabin, and when the snow falls from the tree onto the fire. His initial fishing scene is great too!
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I'm hoping to own it soon. One of my all time faves. J I love the cabin/griz part too.
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Jeremiah Johnson, a recent and very long thread.
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Great movie. The real guy was a, real, well, tough sonuvagun.
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I don't have a TV.
But I do have the movie on DVD.
What do ya play the dvd on?
What do ya hook the player up to?
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I have watched that movie at least 50 times.
My buddy and I can recite every line. If we call and get voice mail, we just leave a line from the movie. If the other party calls back and gets voice mail, they leave the next line and we continue until we finally get to actually speak to each other.
Weird, I know, but cool nonetheless.
My buddy and I can recite every line. If we call and get voice mail, we just leave a line from the movie. If the other party calls back and gets voice mail, they leave the next line and we continue until we finally get to actually speak to each other.
Weird, I know, but cool nonetheless.
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From web site:
http://www.thefurtrapper.com/rendezvous.htm
Enjoy.I may have posted some of this before. Interesting information, much of which surprised me.
Statistical Review of the Mountain Man:
Richard Freeman did a statistical evaluation of the 292 biographical sketches of mountain men that appeared in the ten volume Mountain Men Series that was edited by LeRoy Hafen and published by the Arthur H. Clark Company.
Of the 249 known birthplaces, four areas accounted for 53% of the trappers: Canada 38, Missouri 34, Kentucky 31, and Virginia 29. Thirty-one percent (78) were foreign born of these close to half were Canadians with the remaining coming from Europe or the British Isles. The average year of birth was 1805.
41% or 118 were free agents, or as many as with the first six leading companies combined. The term "free agents" signified that although he might be carried on a company roll, he could' trap where he chose, either in a regular expedition or alone, but usually sold his furs to the company.
As to the marital status of the Mountain Men, there were 268 men whose status is known, Those who were married totaled 226, or 84% combined for a total of 304 known marriages. It is of interest to note that a further breakdown indicates that 140 or 62% married whites only; 63 or 28% married Indians only; and 23 or 10% married both whites and Indians. As near as can be determined about 34% of the white women taken as wives were of Mexican extraction. The majority of the children born to Mountain Men were born in wedlock. Of the 226 married trappers, 169 or 75% fathered 880 children, or an average of nearly four children per married subject.
The great majority - 134 or 58% of the known cases of these Mountain Men - died of old age or associated physical illnesses. Only 25, or 11%, of the subjects were murdered by Indians, while another 7% were killed by others than Indians. (If the study were to include all men who went to the mountains, the percentage killed by Indians would be greater. Regarding many of those who were killed, so little is known that no biographical sketches could be written - Dr. Hafen) Disease and illness accounted for the death of 38 or 16%, while eight or 3.5% were accidental deaths. The remaining 4.5% were due to suicide, alcoholism, and miscellaneous causes. Loss of life from the grizzly bear was minimal. Non-violent deaths accounted for about 77% of the cases.
Freeman made a composite picture of the average Mountain Man.
He was born in Canada in 1805, and was educated enough to be able to read and write. He left for the mountains in 1828 from St. Louis, and arrived at some point in the Rocky Mountains in 1830.
He traveled around the west, usually with his family, using horse or mule, or sometimes a bullboat. His wife cared for their three children as well as helping with many aspects of the trapping and fur preparation procedures.
When our man left the mountains in 1845, he turned to a career of farming or ranching. After leading a full life for 64 years, he passed away in 1869 as the result of old age or an associated illness. He was then laid to rest in the parts of the West where he had spent much of his life - Missouri and California.
The Mountain Man Indian Fur Trade article was written by O. Ned Eddins of Afton, Wyoming.
Kis
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http://www.thefurtrapper.com/rendezvous.htm
Enjoy.I may have posted some of this before. Interesting information, much of which surprised me.
Statistical Review of the Mountain Man:
Richard Freeman did a statistical evaluation of the 292 biographical sketches of mountain men that appeared in the ten volume Mountain Men Series that was edited by LeRoy Hafen and published by the Arthur H. Clark Company.
Of the 249 known birthplaces, four areas accounted for 53% of the trappers: Canada 38, Missouri 34, Kentucky 31, and Virginia 29. Thirty-one percent (78) were foreign born of these close to half were Canadians with the remaining coming from Europe or the British Isles. The average year of birth was 1805.
41% or 118 were free agents, or as many as with the first six leading companies combined. The term "free agents" signified that although he might be carried on a company roll, he could' trap where he chose, either in a regular expedition or alone, but usually sold his furs to the company.
As to the marital status of the Mountain Men, there were 268 men whose status is known, Those who were married totaled 226, or 84% combined for a total of 304 known marriages. It is of interest to note that a further breakdown indicates that 140 or 62% married whites only; 63 or 28% married Indians only; and 23 or 10% married both whites and Indians. As near as can be determined about 34% of the white women taken as wives were of Mexican extraction. The majority of the children born to Mountain Men were born in wedlock. Of the 226 married trappers, 169 or 75% fathered 880 children, or an average of nearly four children per married subject.
The great majority - 134 or 58% of the known cases of these Mountain Men - died of old age or associated physical illnesses. Only 25, or 11%, of the subjects were murdered by Indians, while another 7% were killed by others than Indians. (If the study were to include all men who went to the mountains, the percentage killed by Indians would be greater. Regarding many of those who were killed, so little is known that no biographical sketches could be written - Dr. Hafen) Disease and illness accounted for the death of 38 or 16%, while eight or 3.5% were accidental deaths. The remaining 4.5% were due to suicide, alcoholism, and miscellaneous causes. Loss of life from the grizzly bear was minimal. Non-violent deaths accounted for about 77% of the cases.
Freeman made a composite picture of the average Mountain Man.
He was born in Canada in 1805, and was educated enough to be able to read and write. He left for the mountains in 1828 from St. Louis, and arrived at some point in the Rocky Mountains in 1830.
He traveled around the west, usually with his family, using horse or mule, or sometimes a bullboat. His wife cared for their three children as well as helping with many aspects of the trapping and fur preparation procedures.
When our man left the mountains in 1845, he turned to a career of farming or ranching. After leading a full life for 64 years, he passed away in 1869 as the result of old age or an associated illness. He was then laid to rest in the parts of the West where he had spent much of his life - Missouri and California.
The Mountain Man Indian Fur Trade article was written by O. Ned Eddins of Afton, Wyoming.
Kis
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I may have seen it a few times...
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I may have seen it a few times...
One of my favorite Bear Claw quotes
"A full time night woman?"
I've swear, I must have watched it dern near everytime it's been on since it first aired on TV when I was just a kid. Funny thing is that I recieved it on DVD as a gift from my squaw several yrs ago, yet I continue to watch it everytime it airs on the tube.
This may have been mentioned before but did anyone else notice the Rocky Mountain episode of SurvivorMan? Am I the only one to notice the line....."Mountains got it's own ways" .. used twice by Stroud? And there are alot of other pretty obvious similarities..... I think there was also another line taken from the movie that only a real dork like me would have caught. Cant remember which line it was.....guess I auhgta tightn up ma top not...........cheers
This may have been mentioned before but did anyone else notice the Rocky Mountain episode of SurvivorMan? Am I the only one to notice the line....."Mountains got it's own ways" .. used twice by Stroud? And there are alot of other pretty obvious similarities..... I think there was also another line taken from the movie that only a real dork like me would have caught. Cant remember which line it was.....guess I auhgta tightn up ma top not...........cheers